When Hadley accuses lvo in the media for the theft of the swan photograph, she receives a barrage of DMs calling her an art groupie {and worse) who should have expected as much “hanging around with those art types.” She says these words “sting less than they should because they’re all things I’ve called myself a hundred times over.” What do you make of her statement? Are we often our own harshest critic?
Most people are their own harshest critic with the exception of those that have a huge, narcissistic ego and blame everyone else for their woes or find their own worth via bullying, degrading, name-calling, cheating, lying and pooping! Maybe pooping is a bit harsh. I meant it figuratively. Ahem.
I definitely feel we are our own harshest critic. Hadley grew up around the art world and in some ways in her mother’s shadow. I’m sure she thought, am I going into art because my mother did or is it truly my passion. This seems pretty normal to me.
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Hadley may not have yet had the confidence in her own work and just felt like she was just trying to associate with other “talented” artists to belong in the art world.
Yes,I do believe we are our own harshest critic.
I believe Hadley was insecure and unsure of herself and her abilities. I think she felt she did not measure up to Some and maybe had imposter syndrome.
Yes, so often I think we can be our harshest critic, that voice in our head is very loud and the comparison to others is seldom favorable to us.
Always, though I found the ease with which she took on those insults a bit much. There is a certain grace to her consideration and perspective, but it also felt like she was too quick to retreat instead of defending herself. There are times we need to stand up for ourselves and times we can afford to be gracious. It all depends on the intentions of the other person(s). She made me a bit angry at times.